Meat Cutter

Meat Cutter Position

If you enjoy working with fresh food, have an eye for quality, and take pride in hands-on work, our Meat Cutter position could be a great fit for you! You'll help prepare and cut a variety of meats, maintain fresh and well-stocked displays, assist customers with their selections, and ensure our department meets Sendik's Fine Foods' high standards for quality and presentation. This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys staying active, working as part of a team, and developing valuable skills in a fast-paced retail environment.

At Sendik's Fine Foods, we're more than just a grocery store—we're a family-owned company that values our employees and promotes a positive, supportive work environment. We offer flexible scheduling, opportunities to learn and grow within the company, and a comprehensive benefits package for all team members that includes a 401(k) with company contribution and employee discounts. Full-time team members also enjoy health, dental, and vision insurance, paid time off, and more. If you're looking for a workplace where your contributions are appreciated and you can build a long-term career, we'd love to have you on our team!

Meat Cutter Job Description:

Primary Objective: To perform cutting and preparation, meat stocking and rotation, and provide customer service and department cleaning duties. To contribute toward ensuring a positive shopping environment for customers and a positive working environment for employees.

Nature and Scope: Emphasis in this position is to meet daily production needs and quality standards in meat cutting and preparation. Primary learning challenge is learning retail cutting techniques for all meat cuts, proficiency with the saw and merchandising techniques. This position requires ongoing heavy lifting, standing, operation of meat equipment, exposure to cold temperatures and wet surfaces, judgment/decision making, social skills/verbal interactions, listening skills, and reading. Position functions and work hours may vary according to business needs. The Meat Manager or person in charge provides assignments and work direction.

Essential Position Functions:

• Perform meat cutting and preparation
  • Follow daily cutting lists and complete work in allotted time
  • Demonstrate proficiency in sawing, boning, cutting, trimming, grinding, weighing, traying and wrapping techniques
  • Maintain Sendik's Fine Foods quality and trim standards
• Assist customers with requests and information
  • Ensure customer satisfaction
  • Assist with special orders, product information and location, also service counter
• Maintain meat cases
  • Pull outdated product and properly rotate
  • Restock as needed to maintain maximum selection
  • Follow merchandising plan
• Clean and sanitize equipment, cases, work area, and sales floor
  • Break down equipment according to procedures
  • Continuously monitor area and sales floor for cleanliness
  • Utilize personal protective devices (rain suit, over boots, chemical splash goggles, metal mesh gloves, chemical resistant gloves), as instructed
• Receive and process meat shipments correctly
  • Verify product with invoice and log
  • Ensure product meets quality standards
  • Follow proper security measures
  • Keep cooler properly rotated and organized
  • Assist in placing orders
• Assist in training employees
• Follow all store and department policies and procedures

Functional Requirements:

• Physical
  • Lifting/carrying up to 100 lbs.
  • Pushing/pulling up to 2000 lbs.
  • Equipment operation (meat saw, bone scraper, knives, slicer, scales, pallet jack, flat bed, meat grinder, cuber, patty machine, tenderizer, bulker, meat mixer, telephone)
  • Reaching, kneeling, bending, stooping, squatting, standing, turning, climbing ladders, walking
• Mental
  • Judgment/decision making
  • Listening skills
  • Social skills/verbal interaction
  • Reading, writing, math
  • Memorization
• Environmental
  • Working in cold conditions
  • Working with hot equipment

Important Disclosure Notice

The job duties, elements, responsibilities, skills, functions, experience, educational factors, and the requirements and conditions listed in this job description are representative only and not exhaustive of the tasks that an employee may be required to perform. The Employer reserves the right to revise this job description at any time and to require employees to perform other tasks as circumstances or conditions of its business, competitive considerations or the work environment change.

An individual in this position must be able to successfully perform the essential duties and responsibilities listed above. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.